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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 13 December

Grade 6 Breakfast 8.30am – parents invited

Monday 16 December

Prep-2 Final Celebration Assembly 9.30am

Tuesday 17 December

2020 Class Orientation 10.30am

Gr 6 Celebration Dinner 6.00-9.00pm

Wednesday 18 December

Grade 5/6 Picnic

Thursday 19 December

Last day of Term 4

Grade 6 Leaver’s Assembly 1.00pm

Thursday 30 January 12.00-6.00pm

Book and uniform sales

Friday 31 January 8.00am-1.00pm

Book and uniform sales

Wednesday 5 February

Term 1 commences

RIVERSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL

ISSUE NO 39

12 DECEMBER 2019

Reach for the Stars Award Isha Dave

Gabriel Turner

Outstanding Sports Person Euan Best

Sophie Brewer

Izzy Wing

Global Citizenship Award Poppy Walker

School Learning Ambassador Isha Dave

Young Leader’s Award Logan Gibson

Bella Gerke

Jake Brown Memorial Award Eli Grant

Ava Connell

Reflective and Responsible Learner Zoe Uko

Lily Holmes

Resilience in Learning Leo Porihis

Isabella Robinson

Minister for Education Awards Angel Murray

Respectful Student

Riverside Lions Club Mitchell West

Positive Attitude to Learning and the Mollie Poulton

School Community Izzy Wing

Good Neighbour Award Grayson Wade

Jade McCullagh

Holly May

Respectful Citizen Award Kaiden Douthie

Shivansh Bindal

Lucas Starkey

Aspirational Application to Learning Ahlia Norton-Smith

Aiden Thurm

All Round Improvement Erin Dunlop

Positive Application to Learning Mia Price

Jakeeta Baylis

Mia Boyd

Excellence in Performing Arts Awards Gloreah Howitt

Academic Excellence Awards Gabriel Turner

Ahlia Norton

Charlotte Redburn

Alice Daveney

Quy Tran

Jakeeta Baylis

Lara Danziger

Aiden Thurm

Isha Dave

Poppy Walker

Aishwarya Ravichandran

Angel Murray

Ewan Pfeffer

What a special year at Riverside Primary culminating in our

presentation assembly. We celebrated students Prep to 6 for their

outstanding academic achievement, application to learning, growth

in learning and as a respectful citizen.

Congratulations to the prize winners and students who were

awarded prizes and certificates.

The presentation assembly takes mammoth organisation

a special thank you to all members of the leadership team,

especially Mrs Maree Duggan and Mr Dan Kroon

to all staff involved in the co-ordination of certificates

to our amazing comperes Sienna Bowden, Jaime Ritchie,

Christian Turner, Louis Howell, Charlie Crawford and

Sophia Vincour

to those who contributed to our beautiful flower

arrangements and Fiona Taylor, Viki Elphinstone and Sue

Wood for the lovely arrangements

for the work of Sarah Van Beek, Carmel McGee, Ros

Lippis and Bronte Clarke with items and comperes

Several aspects I highlighted about Riverside Primary in my speech.

We are a school that is aspirational

We set high expectations in learning and behaviour

underpinned by our belief that Tasmanian students can be

as successful as any other student in Australia. We use

feedback to bump up and stretch our learners.

We are a school that is curious

We have a whole school approach that promotes the

skills and dispositions for learning not just the what. Our

inquiry journey has resulted in our school being

recognised as a benchmark and being invited to build the

capacity of other Tasmanian schools in 2020.

As our Grade 6’s said ‘the Learning assets are the

guidelines to success and pathway to the future’.

We are a school that is connected

We look outside of the school to build authentic

experiences for our children. We strive to build positive,

open communication with our parents and carers. We

value the partnerships we have with organisations such as

Woolworths, Riverside Lions Club, Banjos Legana and

Riverside and our Middle Years Project with Riverside

High, Trevallyn and West which focuses on an inquiry

into boys and ways to foster higher outcomes in reading.

We are a school that has courage

We think outside the square to focus on students talking

about how they are learning not only what they are

learning. This year one of our strengths is making learning

move visible for both our students and our parents

through our inquiry walls. We provide a range of

opportunities to engaged and connect students. Options

include dance, chess, coding, cheerleading, Tournament

of Minds, choir and Esk band. We strive to keep

reflecting, refining and stretching ourselves.

We are a school that is inclusive

Our students are very supportive of new students and

the staff differentiate to support the learning needs of all

our children. We are supported by a strong resource

and support team. Our students benefit from an explicit

intervention program as well as exciting and engaging

enrichment opportunities.

I would highlight the amazing support this school has from the

school community, including the School Association.

A special thank you to Grade 6 parents who are leaving Riverside

Primary for the last time. We also acknowledge past School

Chair, Sussan Best, for her work over a long period of time.

Thank you everyone for your contribution to the school.

Farewells

At this stage we farewell

Mrs Naomi Calnan

Mrs Rosanne Oates

Mrs Jessie Van Spall

Mrs Ruth Erwin (maternity leave)

Ms Dannie Carstens (maternity leave)

Mr Dale Augostin (working in England)

Additional teachers joining us for next year

Mrs Emily Hodge (full time)

Miss Sophie Smyth (Grade 3)

Mr Sam Langmaid (PE/class teacher)

Mrs Trish Swan (sharing with Miss Bonde Grade 1)

Class Placements

The consultative process of deciding on the best possible

placement for students next year is very complex and time

consuming. It has involved input from teachers, students and

parents. The process involves an opportunity for parents to make

recommendations, teacher information including class history,

friendships, working relationships, behaviour, learning and

social/emotional needs and some student voice. It may not have

been possible to meet all requests, especially if there was a

multiple amount.

It is not possible to now identify requests that you did not put in

writing for 2020 and it is unlikely that there can be any changes to

classes at this date. Students will be monitored in Term 1. Please

be aware that classes may be reconfigured in the holidays if there

are significant change to numbers.

REPORTS AND PORTFOLIOS PREP-6

These go home today.

A reminder that end of year comments are

addressed to the child.

TERM 4 ASSEMBLIES

Monday 16 December 9.30am

Prep-2 Final Celebration Assembly

Thursday 19 December 1.00pm

Grade 6 Leaver’s Assembly

GRADE 5/6 PICNIC

Wednesday 18 December at Bridport Beach

Students will need to bring food and plenty of water. They will be

required to wear a hat and a top that covers their shoulders to

ensure sun safety.

Sunscreen will be available however students are welcome to bring

along their own.

This is a wonderful day to celebrate another action packed year.

LIBRARY BOOKS

All library books need to be returned as soon as possible please.

There is no more borrowing for students until 2020.

Thanks for your co-operation. Please come and chat with us if

you have any concerns.

Ros Lippis

LIBRARIAN

2020 Class Organisation

KAH Mrs Andrea Holmes

KEH Miss Elizabeth Hawley

KSW Mrs Stephanie Whybrow

K/PES Miss Emily Suitor

PGH Mrs Gaye Holmes

PHP Mrs Halimah Partridge

PKD Mrs Kylie de Paoli

1S-B Ms Linda Bonde and Mrs Trish Swan

1JR Mrs Jen Radford

1EH Mrs Emily Hodge

1MD Ms Michelle D’Alessandro

2DL Miss Denise Lyons

2M-H Mr John Mason and Miss Anna Heath

2TW Miss Tameaka Wilson

3BC Miss Bronte Clarke

3FK Miss Fiona Kleinig

3PB Mr Paul Bunton

3SS Miss Sophie Smyth

4RS Ms Rebecca Stewart

4TB Mr Tom Baker

4WW Mrs Wendy Wilson

4/5MW Mrs Maria Wheatley

5CD Mrs Carol Davidson

5SH Mrs Sally Hulse

5S-V Mrs Kate Scolyer and Mrs Bec Van Est

5W-L Mr Ryan Walker and Mrs Sam Langmaid

6CM Miss Carmel McGee

6K-B Mrs Emma Kemsley and Mrs Shenoa

Blanchard

6MW Miss Millie Wyllie

6TN Mr Tom Newman

*with increased Grade 5 enrolments and less Grade 3 we now

have a Grade 4/5

Library/ICT Mrs Ros Lippis and Mrs Kellie Cook

PE Miss Anita Batty and Mr Sam Langmaid

French Mr Ryan Walker

Drama/Music Miss Sarah Van Beek

Support Mrs Robyn Lake, Mrs Jacquie Adkins

Resource Mrs Miranda Walker, Mrs Amy Jephcott, Mrs

Jacqui Tehan

Senior Staff Mrs Teresa Whitney AP

Mrs Maree Duggan AP

Mr Dan Kroon AP

Mrs Louisa Hooper

Mr John Mason

Mrs Anita Batty

Congratulations

Samantha Strong in Grade 3 has broken two Riverside Swimming

records in October. One was a 33m breaststroke record held

by Ariarne Titmus. I felt that needs a special acknowledgement.

Amazing Samantha.

Jane Bovill

PRINCIPAL

LEAVING RIVERSIDE PRIMARY?

If your family will be leaving Riverside Primary (not Grade

6) at the end of the year, could you please advise the office

on 63273731 or riverside.primary@education.tas.gov.au

This will help with our planning. Thank you.

KINDER ENROLMENTS 2020

Please ensure that you have your enrolment form at the

office as soon as possible.

2019 TERM DATES Term 4

Monday 14 October – Thursday 19 December

(Friday 1 November Student Free Day)

2020 TERM DATES

Term 1

(Tuesday 4 February Student Free Day)

Wednesday 5 February – Wednesday 8 April

(Thursday 9 April Student Free Day)

Easter

Friday 10 April to Tuesday 14 April

Term 2

Monday 27 April to Friday 3 July

Term 3

(Monday 20 July Student Free Day)

Tuesday 21 July to Friday 25 September

Term 4

Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December

(Friday 30 October Student Free Day)

Public Holidays

Launceston Cup Wednesday 26 February

Eight Hour Day Monday 9 March

Anzac Day Saturday 25 April

Queen’s Birthday Monday 8 June

Launceston Show Thursday 8 October

Recreation Day Monday 2 November

FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER GRADE 5/6 SPORT

Sport Opposition Venue

Cricket 1 River 2 v East L NTCA

Cricket 2 River 1 v East L NTCA

Girls Footy St Leonards v East L Windsor

Basketball 1 East L1 v East L2 Riverside

Basketball 2 Waverley Waverley

Touch Football 1 River 2 East Launceston

Touch Football 2 River 1 East Launceston

TBall Waverley Riverside

Speedball 1 Invermay Riverside

Speedball 2 East Launceston Riverside

LEVIES AND CHARGES FOR 2020

There will be no levy increase for 2020

Kindergarten $170.00

Prep $235.00

Grade 1 – 2 $250.00

Grade 3 – 4 $280.00

Grade 5 $305.00

plus $50 for the Long Day Trip (to be invoiced

later in the year)

Grade 6 $280.00

plus $50 for the Long Day Trip (to be invoiced

later in the year)

Levies will be collected and book packs issued on:

Thursday 30 January 12.00pm-6.00pm

Friday 31 January 8.00am-1.00pm

Uniforms will also be available to purchase on these days.

Invoices will be posted late January 2020. Levies can be paid by

BPAY or at Service Tasmania; or alternatively at book sales

times/days as above. Cash/cheque/eftpos accepted. Payment

options are shown on the back on your invoice.

Please note: if you use either BPAY or Service Tasmania option,

the receipt will be required to be shown on book sales day in

order to collect your book pack.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE SCHEME

Student assistance scheme forms (STAS) are available from the

school office for families who have not applied for STAS before.

Families who have been in receipt of STAS previously will be sent

letters directly from the Department regarding STAS 2020

approval or non-approval. Completed application forms can be

returned to the Department by post, fax or scanned and emailed

to stas@education.tas.gov.au

BOOK PACKS 2020

To help parents organise book coverings, please find below a list

of books they will receive in their book pack prior to school

returning.

Prep 4 scrapbooks

1 exercise book

Grade 1 and 2 3 scrapbooks

4 exercise books

Grade 3 3 scrap books

6 exercise books

Grade 4 3 scrap books

7 exercise books

Grade 5 and 6 1 scrap book

4 exercise books

2019 WRITE ROAD – CELEBRATION

During the course of Term 2 and 3, some Grade 5 and 6 students participated in the Write Road Project. Our students have been

responding to writing prompts posted online by writing either a narrative or a poem.

Alongside students from West Launceston Primary and Trevallyn Primary School, students honed their writing skills, whilst giving and

receiving feedback in a collaborative environment – both together in groups and online. They have also had the opportunity to

workshop their ideas and writing with writers from Riverside High School.

On Monday, students celebrated their work and the release of the 2019 Write Road Anthology. Local author and past student Lyndon

Riggall spoke about the magic of being a writer and shared his new book, Becoming Ellie. A copy of which can be found in our school

Library.

Well done Write Road team, you should be proud of your efforts!!

Her are just a few of the great pieces of writing that were created in the program this year:

On the Rocks

Alice Daveney (Prompt 2)

On the rocks. Raging water swirling around lethal stones. A boat, pierced. Sinking slowly into the unknown, the Adventurer had been on

its maiden voyage when it was struck. Some people survived; others weren’t so lucky.

Assistance

Emma-Lee Vanderpluym (Prompt 1)

Jake stood amidst the chaos of the bustling city, a baby turtle lost at sea. Surrounding him were all sorts of regular characters, going about

their business. He searched with his eyes for a small clearing. He needed to think straight. What he had just seen couldn’t possibly have

been a reality; just a trick of the light. Yes. Surely. But there it was again. Out of the corner of his eye, Jake saw it.

A statue of polished stone, sitting on an ordinary bench. But this statue certainly wasn’t behaving ordinarily. Clasped in its smooth hands

was a newspaper, but the statue was actually reading it; not just sculpted to look like it was reading. Every few minutes, the figure would

pause, turn a page, and stretch its stony arms.

Jake, pinching himself to be sure he was truly awake, crept towards the stone figure, the same way a cat would - about to pounce on his

prey. After a short hesitation, Jake spoke.

‘Excuse me, sir?’

Nothing. Feeling stupid for believing such abnormalities, Jake turned to leave. That was when possibly the strangest event of the day

happened. The voice sounded of a man unlike any Jake had heard before. But one thing was for sure, this voice wasn’t just rattling inside

his head.

‘Do you need assistance?’

Freedom

By Lara Danziger (Prompt 1)

You were not born a statue

Nor rooted like a tree.

You were born a wild one,

A spirit pure and free.

No cage should keep you captive.

No title should define.

You’re flexible and fluid,

So can change at any time.

With nothing set in stone

And so much more to explore,

Wander down the paths

And rattle every door.

Never stop adventuring

Embrace your inner soul.

Stay fearless and curious,

Stay positive and wild.

65TH ANNUAL REPORT

What a wonderful year it has been at our school this year!

At the beginning of 2019 we returned from holidays to be welcomed with an amazing new basketball court. We were very privileged

to have the South East Melbourne Phoenix basketball NBL team join us in opening celebrations later in the year. The weather was

very kind to us and some of our older children courageously fielded teams to play against them, while our cheer team also created an

amazing display of talent. Lots of fun banter was had, whilst the other Grade 3-6s enjoyed watching and cheering.

There have been upgrades around the school that our association have participated in the decision-making process with, including the

new paths being widened, new electronic school signage and street 60kms signs which looks amazing and makes our school stand out!

Great choice and easy to read with the upcoming events. There are more developments to come as part of a highly-researched

community development plan for safety around the vicinity of our school. As part of the RPSA it is great to be able to help make

choices and have input around our school for the future of all our children.

In April, the RPSA were able to offer support to our parent community, through funding i-Gen workshops about managing technology

with our children. We were also honoured to be part of a visit by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Councillors and the Managers of the

West Tamar Council who came and listened to our amazing core leaders share about what is happening in our school. I personally

enjoyed being able to assist in building positive connections with these valuable members of our local community. We were all blown

away by how the core leaders conducted themselves.

It was a big year with the opening of the re-development which was officially opened by the Hon Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education

and Training. We also welcomed Members of Council, past Riverside Primary Principals, past RPSA chair people and other important

community representatives to the event. It was a fantastic morning and enjoyed by all. The students performed ‘One Song’ which was

very heart warming. We were able to see the students perform a mixture of performances and lots of talents in the mixture. We

then were able to present our wonderful school to our visitors, with our Grade 6 leaders doing a remarkable job as tour guides,

walking our guests through the school. This was followed by a delicious morning tea (by our own canteen manager Bianca) during

which we were able to watch a slideshow of the development’s building process in action, and the children were able to further

elaborate about the developing of the school and their personal attributes.

The RPSA has run several fundraisers this year that have been well supported by our school community, and in turn have raised funds

that go directly towards big projects in our school that benefit our children. We ran barbecues at the athletics carnival and cross

country, stalls for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, sold Entertainment Books, and hosted the very popular disco event. We have also

raised significant funds for the school through our School Banking program and our Uniform Shop, which are both run on a recurring

basis through volunteer rosters – both of which need more help in 2020!

I would love to take the opportunity to thank all the volunteers who have helped out on all our exciting things, who have given up

their time, it is very much appreciated. Also thanks to the Committee who helped support the school and me personally as I have

taken on the role of Chair this year. Thank you to Jane and the amazing staff at our school for their leadership, and the extra time

that teachers have spent to undertake additional training, or attend events that our children participate in outside of school hours,

they are always putting our children first. We appreciate you.

As you can see, we have an amazing school and I am so excited to be a part of it all. It has been a fantastic year to see so many students

grow, as well as see all the great work the RPSA has done to help lots of students and support our fantastic school. Our school has

an amazing array of opportunities for our children to be involved in, and as a parent community we are very grateful and appreciative

of what is happening in our school. Reach for the Stars kids, as there is lots of opportunity to get involved.

It will be lovely to see existing members and new faces next year at the RPSA meetings, feel free to bring some fresh ideas that we can

brainstorm and listen to. These meetings are very informative and it’s wonderful as parents to feel knowledgeable about what’s going

on in the school and why, and to be able to have a say in what is happening. All parents and guardians of children in our school are

most welcome.

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year to all. We look forward to seeing the exciting new

Kinder playground works when we return from holidays in 2020.

Kate Reid

RPSA Chair Person

RPSA NEWS (Riverside Primary School Association Inc)

NATURE SPACE On Monday we officially opened our beautiful new nature space. So many people to thank who worked on this space!

• Miss Van Beek for her vision, enthusiasm and extra time put into the project

• Mrs Bovill for providing school funds towards the project

• Woolworths Landcare Australia for providing a grant towards developing the space

• Grade 3 students and teachers who helped research and planned the space

• Mr Pickett for support with planting and ongoing care

• Gill Bassett from Tamar NRM for working with the students and support with the plants

• Lachlan Bovill for propagating and providing plants

• Matt from Over the Hedge landscaping

• Bert the fern man from Fernmania

A beautiful space for student to enjoy for many years to come!

Grade 3 Christmas craft

This week, the Grade 3’s have been well and truly in the festive spirit.

We have enjoyed collaborating across a range of Christmas crafts.